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N E W S L E T T E R
Volume 27, Issue 4: March & April 2006
Yorktown Chapter Coffeehouse
Photo - "Yorktown Guitar Project"
(Members of Yorktown Guitar Project are from left to right: Kevin Pfeiffer, Marc Benigni, Alex Lahoski, Mark Bernardini, Alan Neidorf, Tim Butler)
To hear some songs from the Yorktown Guitar Project (pictured above), click on the below links. Songs are in MP3 format.
Unbound
Reunion
Overture
Immanent Grace
The Yorktown chapter is up and running with some wonderful talent at our open mikes! We are starting to see local interest and the audience is slowly starting to grow.
Recent feature performers that have captivated our audiences include: Ron Gluck and the “Has-beens” with a new twist on the old (think 1930 and back!); Bob Stanhope - with his unique slant on original folk as well as folk standards; Yorktown Guitar Project - An all acoustic guitar sextet playing intricate instrumental originals; and Denise Jordan Finley playing her wonderful folk originals that move across folk, blues and country music in a seamless fashion.
We are currently looking for more local help for set up and take down – your participation is greatly appreciated.
Contact me at (914) 248-8460 or mbernardini@optonline.net.
Mark Bernardini – Chapter President
Chapter Features Calendar
Features for Kingston Chapter
March 4 - Ernie Mortuzans
April 1 - Doc Howells
Features for Yorktown Chapter
March 11 - Mark Bernardini
April 8 - Kevin & Carol Becker,
with Rich Keyes
Poughkeepsie Chapter
September 24 – Song Circle
October 22 - Song Circle
Friends of Fiddler’s Green
March 10 - Sparky and Rhonda Rucker
March 24 - Garnet Rogers
April 7 - Sara Milonovich and Greg Anderson
April 21 - Mark Rust
Members Performing Schedule
March 5 1:00 pm, Bob Lusk – Saugerties Library Irish Music of the Catskills
Mar 06 8 pm, Denise Jordan Finley Rhinebeck Grill Featured Performer, 6417 Mongomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY info: 845-876-6816
Wed, Mar 08 7 pm - 10 pm, SummerSongs Benefit Concert 35 W. 67th St., New York City, NY , Songwriters, including, Greg Greenway, David Roth, Sloan Wainwright, Penny Nichols, Meg Braun, Saron Goldman, Denise Jordan Finley...info: 212-601-1000
Sat, Mar 11 7 pm, Denise Jordan Finley Griffins Corners Cafe 868 Main Street, Fleischmanns, NY 845-254-6300
March 12, 2006 4-6:00 pm Susan Trump Unitarian Fellowship 67 Randolph Ave. Poughkeepsie Donation $10
March 17 4-7:00 pm “Folkloric” St Patrick’s Celebration Kingston Holiday Inn Live on WKNY
March 17 “Folkloric” Bridgewater Café 8-12 pm Abeel Street, Kingston
March 18 5:00 pm. James Krueger Woodstock Library on Saturday free "Catskill Mountain Snow and Other Songs of the Season."
Mar 19 3 pm, Denise Jordan Finley in Concert Cunneen-Hackett Arts CenterVassar Street, Poughkeepsie, NY : 845-486-4571
March 31, 2006 7-9:30pmKevin & Carol Becker, Kimberly and Gitfiddle Friday Folk Cafe at the First UMC in the center of the Village of Highland $5.00 cover. For info call 691-2284
April 4 7:30 pm >Matt Finley & Rio Jazz Dutchess Community College North Cafeteria Free admission www.riojazz.com
Sat, Apr 22 8 pm, Singer/Songwriter, Denise Jordan Finley
Irving Farms Coffeehouse Main Street, Millerton, NYHVFG Membership Campaign
Midpoint Report
By Kevin BeckerMemberships have been steadily flowing in via the mail and from our events. Even so, we are running somewhat behind last year’s record-setting pace. This is not too surprising given the chapter start-up activities in Yorktown and the mid winter “siesta” at our Friends of Fiddler’s Green chapter. If we were to break last year’s membership record, it would be the 20th consecutive year of membership growth for the Guild.
While it would be nice to be able to boast of two decades of continuous growth, our organization is not about “brow-beating” people into renewing their membership or becoming new members. It is more of a grass roots approach where people join because they simply want to support a community organization that encourages self actualization and live music new and old, as well as professional and amateur.
So please, if you feel what we do is worthwhile, please renew your membership by March 31, as that is when we take our “point in time” measurement. As always, we appreciate your continuing support of the Hudson Valley Folk Guild as it continues to grow and accomplish its (our) goals!
It's All Folk
Ashokan Fiddle & Dance Camp
http://www.ashokan.org/ashokan/campnyrs.shtml
Capital Region Dances(518) 292-0133
Folk Song Society of Greater Boston
email: fssgb@fssgb.org
Friends of Music, Orange County Com. Coll. Middletown, NY, call 845-342-0878 for schedule
The Good Folk Coffeehouse, Rowayton, CT, 203-866-4450
Hudson Valley Blues Society
http://members.aol.com/HVBSBlues/
email: HVBSBlues@aol.com
Hudson Valley Dance
http://www.hudsonvalleydance.org/
Hyde Park Living Room Concert Series, Hyde Park, NY,
email: HPFL@aol.com 845-229-7791
Old Song’s (Voorheesville) 518-765-2815
Picking’ and Singin’ Gatherin’ 2137 Pangburn Rd, Duanesburg, NY 12056
Sanctuary Coffee House, Rock Tavern, NY, call 845-695-6851 for schedule
Unison Arts Center, New Paltz, NY, 845-255-1559
Uptown Coffeehouse Riverdale, NY (718) 885-2955
Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse, Katonah, NY, 7:30, 914-242-0374
Calendar of Other Area Venues
1st Saturday of each month – Roger Sprung, Hal Wylie & friends, (doors open at 7:30 pm) 8 pm
The Pasta Project, Newtown, CT, 203-426-5243
1st Saturday Cuomo's Cove open mike, 226 Route 296,
Windham, N.Y., 12496 518-734-5903, Terry Cuomo
2nd Saturdays – John Street Jam, Dutch Arms Chapel 16 John Street, Saugerties, NY 845-943-6720
4th Saturdays Living Waters Coffeehouse, 845-265-9299, 7:30, in the Van Cortlandt United Methodist Church, 296 Locust Ave.,
Cortlandt Manor, NY
Sundays 1-4pm Bluegrass Jam, Catskill Mountain Pizza, 51 Mill Hill Road (Rt. 212), Woodstock, NY. email: Wdstockbluegrass@aol.com
Some Sundays Unison Arts Center - Open Mic New Paltz, NY, 845-255-1559 Sign up 3:30 Perform 4-6 pm
Mondays Mirabai book store in Woodstock, Kirtan (sing-a-long Hindu Chant) 5:30 - 6:45 pm 679-2100
Most Wednesdays 7:30 pm Irish Music Jam Session New World Home Cooking, Route 212, Woodstock, NY. (845)246-0900
Wednesday 7:00 pm Open Mic, Morning Brew Café, High Falls, NY, corner of Route 213 and Lucas Avenue, 845-687-4750
Wednesday 7:00 pm Open Mike Roaring Brook Nature Center, Canton, CT (860) 693-0263 www.Roaringbrook.org
2nd or 3rd Wed., 7:00 pm SING OUT - Monthly sing along: folk, pop, oldies, whatever rises up.
Contact Joyce Reeves at 679-5369 or at rejoyce@surfbest.net
Thursdays 6 pm - 8:30 pm, Kurt Henry's Acoustic Thursday's High Falls Café Route 213, High Falls, NY $5.00 cover, FREE with dinner.
Thursday, Caffe Lena Open Mike Night, 7:30, Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Some Thursdays - Panther Mountain Picking Circle - Participatory Song Swap – Phoenicia, NY
Contact Harry Jameson at towntinkertubes@yahoo.com
Local Folk Music Radio
WTBQ - The Hootenanny Café with Jon Stein, airs Fridays at 6PM (AM 1110) and Sundays at midnight at www.wtbq.com
WHVW 950 AM - Hyde Park has an exciting mix of various kinds of folk music.
WVKR 91.3 FM - “Hudson Valley Rag Shop” Tuesday from 5:30 to 8:00
Internet Radio
Folk Alley - http://www.folkalley.com/register/index.php
Folk DJ-List - http://folkradio.org/
Hudson Valley Irish - http://hvirishny.tripod.com/index.htm
International - http://www.tvfolk.net/
National Public Radio - http://www.npr.org/
Public Radio International - http://www.pri.org/
WFVU - http://www.wfuv.org/wfuv/archive/index.html
WSKU - http://www.wksu.org/folk/
Strategic Opportunity in
Poughkeepsie Chapter
In September of 2005, the Poughkeepsie Chapter under Mike Clarke’s leadership set out in a new direction by starting up a Song Circle at the Unitarian fellowship in Poughkeepsie. The Song Circles have been very successful in providing an added musical dimension to the Guild and we have found that the optimal attendance for these sessions seems to be in the range of 15 to 20 people. So, while the enthusiasm for song circles is strong, and the events are enjoying a high level of success, we are at a crossroads as to how to maintain the financial viability of them, given the fact that on most nights the income is less than the rent for the fellowship hall.
At our last board meeting we discussed a couple of possible solutions. One is for the Guild as a whole to subsidize the song circles. The other solution is for the song circles to move back to the Highland Methodist Church where the rent is more in line with the income. If we were to pick the second option, it might result in ending our 25 year association with the Unitarian Fellowship in Poughkeepsie. That decision should not be made in haste and hence, the reason for this article. An enduring fundamental Folk Guild principle has always been to approach problems as opportunities in disguise.
So what we’d like to do is to solicit ideas from you, our members and friends, on how to best use the space at the Unitarian Fellowship next season if the Song Circle moves to Highland. Our mission is really two-fold. We need your ideas and suggestions for events AND we need to rebuild a strong committee of volunteers to run the chapter activities.
One idea at our board meeting was to re-establish the open mike coffeehouse and another that emerged was to introduce folk dancing as a new event. Others included reaching out to younger people and still another was to do a variety of different events for next season. If you are interested in being involved with and influencing how we utilize our strategic opportunity in Poughkeepsie while at the same time making the song circle stronger, we’d like to hear from you!! Please contact Kevin Becker (or any other board member) at 845-229-0170 or hvfolks@aol.com with your ideas.
Ruminations
As I mentioned in the last newsletter we are happy to list members’ gigs, and events. However, sometimes there is not enough space to give detailed information such as “Eclectic folk group playing guitar, mandolin, violin & spoons with outstanding dynamic lyrics…etc.” Just the facts, please.
We also need to get events pretty far in advance. Our deadline for the May/June issue will be April 10th. This will be the last one until September, so feel free to let us know what you are doing over the summer!
Bob Lusk – Newsletter Editor
(boblusk@hvc.rr.com)
Member Websites
Bob Lusk www.boblusk.net
Bob & Patti Hauver www.HudsonValleyRecords.com
Denise Jordan Finley www.denisejordanfinley.com
Esther Frances www.estherfrances.com
Any member may submit their web site to be listed in the next issue for free!)
To play MP3 sound clips, you can go to either the ITunes download page or the QuickTime download page and follow the directions to download the free ITunes or QuickTime software.
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